Rap mogul shot during MTV party

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US rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was shot in the leg early
today during a Florida party hosted by Grammy-winning hip hop
artist Kanye West, police said.

Knight, 40, was hospitalised in good condition, police said. He
was shot during a celebrity-studded party at the Shore Club, one of
the many celebrations in Miami Beach ahead of the MTV Video Music
Awards, Miami Beach Police Officer Bobby Hernandez said.

Sonja Mauro, a guest at the club, said a shot in the party's VIP
section rang out shortly before 1am (1500 AEST).

"I was in there and I heard a pop and I ran out and got
trampled," she said.

People attending the party began screaming and running for the
doors, she said.

Knight co-founded the pioneering rap label Death Row Records and
hit the US charts in the 1990s with West Coast stars including
Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.

The label struggled when Knight was sent to prison for assault
and weapons violations. He was released in 2001, then served 10
more months for violating parole and striking a Hollywood nightclub
valet.

Relatives of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. have also accused him
of involvement in his death, though police have never named Knight
as a suspect.